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CART.

No. 364,474. Patented June 7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. BONI, OF ELVASTON, ILLINOIS.

CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,474, dated June 7,1887.

Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 2%],016. (No model.)

To all whom, it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. Bout, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Elvaston, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carts; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will euable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification. 7 Figure 1 of thedrawings is a side view. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section.

My invention relates to road-carts; and it consists in the constructionand novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the axle,which is bent or curved upwardly between its journals, and.

is provided with the usual wooden stock, B, which is securely clippedthereto by clips in the usual manner.

O O are the vehicle wheels.

D is a circle or fifth-wheel which rests on are-plates E E, interposedbetween it and the stock 13, to prevent wear of the latter and to lessenthe strain on the kingbolt F.

The lower half, G, of the elliptical spring is secured to the upper sideof the head-block H by bolts or clips. On its lower face the head-blockH is provided with a wear-plate,

I, which is let into a recess in said lower face The king-bolt F isprovided at its middle with a fixed collar or enlargement, J, which,when the king-bolt is in place, rests upon the stock B,and also supportsthe head-block H and the parts connected therewith.

K L are angle-irons riveted to the upper and lower faces of thefifth-wheel in front of the stock, the arm M to the upper side and thearm N to the lower side of the fifth-wheel. The angle-iron N is madeintegral with and forms part of the spring P, which is connected to andforms the lower spring-support for the foot-basket Q.

R is the seat, which is secured to a seat-bar, S, the latter beingbolted to the upper half, T, of the elliptical spring.

The foot-basket Q, is formed of slats U, se

cured to loop-hangersV V, secured through their arms \V to the upper andlower faces. of the bottom of the seat R by bolts.

Y Y are end springs, the rear ends, Z, of which curve upwardly andforwardly, and are secured to the lower face of the axle by' clips (1(b. The end springs, Y Y, are provided with eyes or lugs b b on theirshorter arms 0 c, to which the thill-irons d d are hinged by boltspassed through the aligned eyes of the springs Y Y and thethillironsd d.c e of the springs Y Y aresecured to thelower faces of the thill ironsby bolts that pass through the thill-irous into the thills.

In this construction it will be observed that the seat and foot-basketare connected to the axle by springs that move independently of thethills; also, that the thills are hinged to the axle and supported bysprings clipped to the axle and to the hinged thills, so that the thillshave an up'and down spring motion 1ndependently of the axle seat andfoot-basl et.

When the vehicle is drawn over the road, the cart, thills, and axle movesidewise wlth the horse, free and independently of the seat andfoot-basket.

Having described this invention, what i clai 1n, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the axle, the fifthwheel, head-block, ellipticalspring, the shouldered king-bolt, the upper angle-iron, lower angle-ironon the middle spring, P, the footbasket connected to the seat by metalloops,

and connected also to the middle spring, the end springs, and the thillshinged to the shorter arms of the end springs and bolted to the longerarms of said springs, substantially as specified. I

2. The combination, with the axle,of the end springs clipped to the axleand provided with shorter arms having eyes thereon and longer armscurved upwardly and extending forwardly of the thills, hinged to theshorter arms of the end springs and bolted to the longer arms of saidend springs, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK I-I. BONI.

Witnesses:

J. H. OALLAIIAN, L. E. CALDWELL.

